Official 2010 College Football Discussion Thread
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My football ramblings usually don't make alot of sense - but the outcome of the LSU - TN game had me in tears.
Mass chaos AGAIN! LSU got lucky in that one. TN deserved to win.
I hate the thought of fans booing the players and coaches - but I can see why they do sometimes.
LSU defense was shining again.
My dog actually had to retreat to the other room.
Mass chaos AGAIN! LSU got lucky in that one. TN deserved to win.
I hate the thought of fans booing the players and coaches - but I can see why they do sometimes.
LSU defense was shining again.
My dog actually had to retreat to the other room.
Well I'm torn on my Noles. I'm excited they are 4-1 and 2-0 in the ACC, but their opponents have been mediocre. The defense has definitely improved since the Oklahoma game (nice wake up call) and they have been able to get pressure on the QB the last 3 games. Next week we will really see what they are all about when they play Miami!
Can't wait for the games tonight!
Can't wait for the games tonight!
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I have to agree with you on that one. LSU didn't deserve to win that game but I'm glad it was a win. I'm sitting here watching the Florida vs Alabama game. Both teams are AWESOME!!! If LSU doesn't get some offense we don't stand a chance against either of these teams.
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Booing is much better than the whiskey bottles that were thrown at us when we visited. I am glad we had those ugly hard hats as part of our uniforms in the band. Normally, we didn't wear them during the game, but for an LSU home game, it was mandatory equipment. Just think, the cajuns had all morning and some of the afternoon to consume beverages too!
To us visitors, the night games are the worst.Congrats on the last second win.
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I really wanted to watch the Bama - Gators game last night, but DH is not a football fan, so we watched a Netflix movie, instead. I did catch a glimpse when the Gators got into the "red zone" with 10 & goal. Didn't get to see the outcome of that drive. Sigh - I live in a house divided. I love football, DH doesn't.
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My football ramblings usually don't make alot of sense - but the outcome of the LSU - TN game had me in tears.
Mass chaos AGAIN! LSU got lucky in that one. TN deserved to win.
I hate the thought of fans booing the players and coaches - but I can see why they do sometimes.
LSU defense was shining again.
My dog actually had to retreat to the other room.
Kim,
I hate to say it but Les messed up the clock last year in, what, the Ole Miss game and lost. He messed it up yesterday but lucked out against TN (the famed 13th Man Defense). And so based on this pattern we should see him mess it up in maybe another 6-7 games (or sooner?). Wow what a bumbler.
Take the win and pray it doesn't happen again.
Bama ED
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Deb,
If you want to see the game you can watch it on the Official SEC Digital Network. I'm watching now while reviewing the DIS. I was planning to just watch the first half which was where most of the scoring was. Here is the link to the game http://secsports.com/SECVIDEO/TabId/468/VideoId/8368/Florida-Vs-Alabama-Oct-22010-Full-Game.aspx
The game went quick - first half of the video is only 65 minutes long (and no commercials
).I went to the game and took some pix (not TCD-quality) and will post them later tonight after I put them up into Photobucket.
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Try being the ONLY person in a bar in New York watching the Gators suck big time yesterday! My son couldn't get the game at home & was ostracized for being a UF fan. Hope either he can watch next week's game at home, or the Gators win & there are nicer people at the bar.
Dump him, ASAP, before it gets deeper into the season.
Hey, what the heck, you're probably to good for him anyway.
Doesn't like football, what is that?
He doesn't read the boards, does he?
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I'm not normally a correspondant here on the DIS but with this thread and the Florida Gators coming to town, I had to step up. TCD would expect no less. I've been going to Alabama games for over 30 years; Tuscaloosa I consider my home town (moved there when I was 12 and left when I was 23); the top college football game was in Title-Town this weekend.
It was my duty to file a report......
First let me say I've been tailgating to Tuscaloosa for nearly a dozen years. It was a small crowd at first and the stadium only seated 68k; now the party has grown and the stadium too to over 101k. It is out of control. The University's answer to all this has been to control parking access; if you control parking you control the people situation. The University solution is to make money off of us. Charge for parking; charge for food; next they'll start charging for the kilowatt.
But I digress. It's the biggest game of the year so far for the Crimson Tide. Lots of people come and set up their tents on Friday night; I can't do that. So I arrive on Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. I don't set up in the center of the University like I used to. I left there years ago for the peace and quiet of one block away. Here are the Saturday morning tailgaters rolling in:
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Instead of the Quad Area (center of campus) I settle in Wood's Quad (near Woods Hall). It would fill up later that day. Incidently, Wood's Quad is where the very first Alabama football home game was played so it is hallowed ground.
Woods Hall was the first building built on campus after the Civil War when the Union troops burned most of the buildings.
So I set up at 6:30 the crimosn canopy, table, satellite dish, and cooler. The beeping of the DirecTV receivers is like the smell of coffee as we hone in on the satellites before ESPN GameDay starts. Family and friends show up about 10 a.m. and we head over to the stadium to take some pictures. I have to admit the stadium is looking good these days.
In the walkway directly in line with the stadium sign the brick sidewalk has marble inserts to recognize the 23 SEC and 13 National Championships. The official NCAA Record Book has 13 NC's for Alabama; there are another 5 (for a total of 18) different years when minor polls claimed Alabama but in all modestly we stick with the NCAAA record book. Here is the most recent National Champ sidewalk marker.
On the right hand side are alcoves with statues of the head coaches who make up those 13 National Champs. One for Wallace Wade (from the 20's and 30's) and Frank Thomas (from the 40's) who gave Alabama their Rose Bowl tradition and domination; Paul Bryant has a statue naturally for his six titles. Here is Gene Stalling's statue for the 92 NC.
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Coach Saban's statue is being cast for last year's NC but the place is ready for it.
It will be dedicated later this fall.
On the main Quad (center of campus) the tailgating is literally cheek-to-jowl. But the visiting team sent some fans and some set up for the day.
On campus the University President's house was ready for visitors (built in 1845).
Across the street from the President's Mansion is Denny Chimes, the icon of the Quad and the University. It chimes the hours and quarter hours. I proposed to my wife (a fellow UA grad on the steps of Denny Chimes one night as a senior).
Every year around the base of Denny Chimes the football team captains put their names, shoe and hand prints in the concrete. They have for years. Back in 1965, the captain was Joe Namath. He was concerned because his concrete name was "Joe" when everyone on campus and in Pennsylvania called him "Joe Willie". So that night when he put his foot and hand in the concrete for posterity he snuck out of the dorm (he was good at that) and scratched the name "Willie" in the concrete by the shoeprint. Joe got his undergraduate degree finally about 2 years ago.
The main Quad here around Denny Chimes and the main library is full of tailgaters. I can't stand it.
We ate lunch with family and watched the TN-LSU game and OK-TX game on the satellite. Then it was time to go watch the team walk off the bus the stadium 2 hours before gametime. The crowd was ready.
CNS (Coach Nick Saban) leads the team off the bus.
A lucky photo of the team leaders HTWMI (Heisman Trophy Winner Mark Ingram) in the foreground, receiver Julio Jones (with the bow tie) in the back ground, and BATR (Trent Richardson) in the gold tie behind Julio.
Both of my DS are in their high school marching band and they love to watch the Million Dollar Band warm up. I'm told these are euphoniums warming up near us. The MDB does a small pep rally then marches to the stadium one hour before kickoff.
We head for our seats in the stadium just as the sun is going down.
Here's the view from my seat in the corner of the upper deck during warmups. It's not that bad a view but it was getting dark and photo conditions were getting worse.
I'll stop here and make a second post.
Bama ED
It was my duty to file a report......
First let me say I've been tailgating to Tuscaloosa for nearly a dozen years. It was a small crowd at first and the stadium only seated 68k; now the party has grown and the stadium too to over 101k. It is out of control. The University's answer to all this has been to control parking access; if you control parking you control the people situation. The University solution is to make money off of us. Charge for parking; charge for food; next they'll start charging for the kilowatt.
But I digress. It's the biggest game of the year so far for the Crimson Tide. Lots of people come and set up their tents on Friday night; I can't do that. So I arrive on Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. I don't set up in the center of the University like I used to. I left there years ago for the peace and quiet of one block away. Here are the Saturday morning tailgaters rolling in:
Instead of the Quad Area (center of campus) I settle in Wood's Quad (near Woods Hall). It would fill up later that day. Incidently, Wood's Quad is where the very first Alabama football home game was played so it is hallowed ground.
Woods Hall was the first building built on campus after the Civil War when the Union troops burned most of the buildings.
So I set up at 6:30 the crimosn canopy, table, satellite dish, and cooler. The beeping of the DirecTV receivers is like the smell of coffee as we hone in on the satellites before ESPN GameDay starts. Family and friends show up about 10 a.m. and we head over to the stadium to take some pictures. I have to admit the stadium is looking good these days.
In the walkway directly in line with the stadium sign the brick sidewalk has marble inserts to recognize the 23 SEC and 13 National Championships. The official NCAA Record Book has 13 NC's for Alabama; there are another 5 (for a total of 18) different years when minor polls claimed Alabama but in all modestly we stick with the NCAAA record book. Here is the most recent National Champ sidewalk marker.
On the right hand side are alcoves with statues of the head coaches who make up those 13 National Champs. One for Wallace Wade (from the 20's and 30's) and Frank Thomas (from the 40's) who gave Alabama their Rose Bowl tradition and domination; Paul Bryant has a statue naturally for his six titles. Here is Gene Stalling's statue for the 92 NC.
Coach Saban's statue is being cast for last year's NC but the place is ready for it.
It will be dedicated later this fall.
On the main Quad (center of campus) the tailgating is literally cheek-to-jowl. But the visiting team sent some fans and some set up for the day.
On campus the University President's house was ready for visitors (built in 1845).
Across the street from the President's Mansion is Denny Chimes, the icon of the Quad and the University. It chimes the hours and quarter hours. I proposed to my wife (a fellow UA grad on the steps of Denny Chimes one night as a senior).
Every year around the base of Denny Chimes the football team captains put their names, shoe and hand prints in the concrete. They have for years. Back in 1965, the captain was Joe Namath. He was concerned because his concrete name was "Joe" when everyone on campus and in Pennsylvania called him "Joe Willie". So that night when he put his foot and hand in the concrete for posterity he snuck out of the dorm (he was good at that) and scratched the name "Willie" in the concrete by the shoeprint. Joe got his undergraduate degree finally about 2 years ago.
The main Quad here around Denny Chimes and the main library is full of tailgaters. I can't stand it.
We ate lunch with family and watched the TN-LSU game and OK-TX game on the satellite. Then it was time to go watch the team walk off the bus the stadium 2 hours before gametime. The crowd was ready.
CNS (Coach Nick Saban) leads the team off the bus.
A lucky photo of the team leaders HTWMI (Heisman Trophy Winner Mark Ingram) in the foreground, receiver Julio Jones (with the bow tie) in the back ground, and BATR (Trent Richardson) in the gold tie behind Julio.
Both of my DS are in their high school marching band and they love to watch the Million Dollar Band warm up. I'm told these are euphoniums warming up near us. The MDB does a small pep rally then marches to the stadium one hour before kickoff.
We head for our seats in the stadium just as the sun is going down.
Here's the view from my seat in the corner of the upper deck during warmups. It's not that bad a view but it was getting dark and photo conditions were getting worse.
I'll stop here and make a second post.
Bama ED
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So we were in the stadium and I moved to the lower levels to take some pictures before kickoff.
I don't think this picture will fully show but it was pretty - the green grass, the blue video ribbon screen, the white lights, and the Goodyear blimp as the sun set.
After warmups the Bama team headed back to the locker room before the main opening event.
There were about 8k-9k Gator fans there. Most were in the upper deck in the North end zone. The Gator band sent a pep group and some fans are seated next to them.
It's getting dark now but it's 7 p.m. and a national TV primetime audience is waiting along with the MDB for the team to come out on the field.
Here is the Bama team coming out of the tunnel and onto the field. Needless to say it's very loud.
The Gators hit the field next.
The band exits the field and it's time to kick it.
As I head back to my seat, I can't help but stop and admire the sunset. It never gets old looking at this west view off the stadium.
I took a few pix during the game but they're all fuzzy due to the darkness and zoom factor. Bama won 31-6 but made lots of mental errors. Ingram and Richardson didn't do so hot and Juilo muffed a punt but the defense created lots of turnovers which gave us a short field to work with. Saban took his foot off the gas at halftime like he did versus Penn State, Texas, and Florida last year so the second half was time spent killing the clock.
I watched the CBS reply this afternoon and when Florida tried that Jump Pass down on the goal line in the 2nd Qtr, CBS showed the Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart standing next to Saban jumping up and down indicating the J-P was coming. The defense read it and intercepted in the end zone. What a well coached team.
We threw a TD out of the wildcat (had to give Spurrier something to plan for next week). The defense is what impressed me last night.
So much happened yesterday. Georgia lost again; Boise ran up style points as I predicted they would (and still lost ground in the polls); Michigan's QB recovered from his injury (something I warned about) and won his game. Texas lost to Oklahome and fell out of the polls. Just another weekend in college football.
Sorry for the fuzzy pictures. As I said, TCD is the Zen Master of photo reports. Although we play South Carolina next week, time to clean out the coolers and get ready for the next tail gate in two weeks versus Ole Miss. It's Homecoming so time to start planning the menu.
Bama ED
I don't think this picture will fully show but it was pretty - the green grass, the blue video ribbon screen, the white lights, and the Goodyear blimp as the sun set.
After warmups the Bama team headed back to the locker room before the main opening event.
There were about 8k-9k Gator fans there. Most were in the upper deck in the North end zone. The Gator band sent a pep group and some fans are seated next to them.
It's getting dark now but it's 7 p.m. and a national TV primetime audience is waiting along with the MDB for the team to come out on the field.
Here is the Bama team coming out of the tunnel and onto the field. Needless to say it's very loud.
The Gators hit the field next.
The band exits the field and it's time to kick it.
As I head back to my seat, I can't help but stop and admire the sunset. It never gets old looking at this west view off the stadium.
I took a few pix during the game but they're all fuzzy due to the darkness and zoom factor. Bama won 31-6 but made lots of mental errors. Ingram and Richardson didn't do so hot and Juilo muffed a punt but the defense created lots of turnovers which gave us a short field to work with. Saban took his foot off the gas at halftime like he did versus Penn State, Texas, and Florida last year so the second half was time spent killing the clock.
I watched the CBS reply this afternoon and when Florida tried that Jump Pass down on the goal line in the 2nd Qtr, CBS showed the Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart standing next to Saban jumping up and down indicating the J-P was coming. The defense read it and intercepted in the end zone. What a well coached team.
We threw a TD out of the wildcat (had to give Spurrier something to plan for next week). The defense is what impressed me last night.
So much happened yesterday. Georgia lost again; Boise ran up style points as I predicted they would (and still lost ground in the polls); Michigan's QB recovered from his injury (something I warned about) and won his game. Texas lost to Oklahome and fell out of the polls. Just another weekend in college football.
Sorry for the fuzzy pictures. As I said, TCD is the Zen Master of photo reports. Although we play South Carolina next week, time to clean out the coolers and get ready for the next tail gate in two weeks versus Ole Miss. It's Homecoming so time to start planning the menu.
Bama ED
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Dave- Sorry, I missed this comment, as I was traveling this past weekend, and did not have internet access (see below for more information).
Even though I'm late to comment:
Tom- Don't be so hard on the 'Noles. They look good. And congrats on being back in the top 25. And, you are right- what happens in Miami defines this season for FSU (until UF comes to town).
I have to agree with you on that one. LSU didn't deserve to win that game but I'm glad it was a win. I'm sitting here watching the Florida vs Alabama game. Both teams are AWESOME!!! If LSU doesn't get some offense we don't stand a chance against either of these teams.
Whew! That was a close one for LSU! But, as others have already said, a W is a W.
Welcome to the Swamp!
Ed- Well done! Thanks so much for sharing the photos. And, congratulations to your team on a great, dominating, performance. I agree with your assessment that Alabama is very well coached. I wish I could say the same about the Gators. But, the season is not over, and I do see the team slowly improving. Hopefully the Gators will quickly put this one in the past and get focused for LSU on Saturday.
Oh, I almost forgot to say something. . .
The real reason 'Bama won is because of the Fort Wilderness curse.
TCD watched 'Bama win the SECCG last year from Fort Wilderness.
Well, guess where TCD was on Saturday?
Here:
That's the TCD gang set up in 801 on Saturday October 2, 2010.
They said lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but the Fort Wilderness curse did in the Gators again.
Next time UF and 'Bama play, I'm staying away from the Fort.
TCD
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I've always been impressed by that stadium. Looks like a great environment to watch a game.
Tom- Don't be so hard on the 'Noles. They look good. And congrats on being back in the top 25. And, you are right- what happens in Miami defines this season for FSU (until UF comes to town).
I agree, I have always been hard on FSU, even in their dominating years. It has gotten worse over the past decade, but I really do see the future looking good!
Next time UF and 'Bama play, I'm staying away from the Fort.
I definitely expect to see you setup at the Fort on 11/27. Hopefully I can get some of that karma to come FSU's way
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I definitely expect to see you setup at the Fort on 11/27. Hopefully I can get some of that karma to come FSU's way.
While I would love to be at the Fort on 11/27, I expect to be in Tallahassee instead. It is shaping up to be a huge game. Maybe I will be at this season's first sell-out at Doak Campbell Stadium. If the two teams played right now, I think FSU would take it. Luckily, the Gators have almost two months to continue to improve.
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Bama Ed - great pictures of your football weekend. The campus is lovely as is the stadium.
Looks like y'all had nice weather too.
Looks like y'all had nice weather too.
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No No No... You just keep going to the Fort those weekends! You're doing great.
BamaEd - Great game report. Haven't been to a game in 6 years. If only DH liked Alabama, or college football at all...
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No No No... You just keep going to the Fort those weekends! You're doing great.
BamaEd - Great game report. Haven't been to a game in 6 years. If only DH liked Alabama, or college football at all...
Whitney,
I think you and I need to go in together and get TCD a premium campsite and some HDDR seats any time Bama and the Gators play. I am extremely superstitous when it comes to football winning and losing so if that works then we have to do it.
Roll Tide to You!
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This Bama game coming up against SC is the one that I had circled all year. In my early posts on this thread I liked SC because of the veteran quaterback, outstanding freshman runner, and a tough defense. I've been to the stadium area on business but never on gameday and would love to see the (Game)Kok-a-booses in action (maybe somebody can provide some pix? as a train fan I love the idea). They are old train cabooses parked on side tracks near the stadium, painted in SC colors and fully restored for tailgating.
Ellis Johnson (the DC at SC) was a DC at Alabama in the past and did a great job. So I respect him and his defense. Jeffrey is a top receiver with Green and Jones in the SEC. If SC plays an error-free game this will be tough. Lattimore is the first downhill runner we've faced this year so it will be a test.
For our Gator fans, I think you know the strategy for LSU. Build a lead, let Les-the-Hat burn his timeouts, then let him have the ball on the last series when they're behind. Oy!
Bama ED
PS-I heard on radio this week Richt may keep his job because of the buyout amount (rumored $7-9M after this season). Maybe they'll pull something together yet.
Ellis Johnson (the DC at SC) was a DC at Alabama in the past and did a great job. So I respect him and his defense. Jeffrey is a top receiver with Green and Jones in the SEC. If SC plays an error-free game this will be tough. Lattimore is the first downhill runner we've faced this year so it will be a test.
For our Gator fans, I think you know the strategy for LSU. Build a lead, let Les-the-Hat burn his timeouts, then let him have the ball on the last series when they're behind. Oy!
Bama ED
PS-I heard on radio this week Richt may keep his job because of the buyout amount (rumored $7-9M after this season). Maybe they'll pull something together yet.
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